Corbin Police have received seven tips since Friday that investigators have described as "solid" as they try to identify the woman and two children seen throwing planter boxes from the Engineer Street Bridge on Sept. 15.
Corbin Police Sgt. Bill Rose said he has been able to eliminate one of the people named in the tips and is following up on the others.
"One thing I am glad of is that people are not calling just to try to get someone in trouble," Rose said. "The people I have interviewed are convinced they know the woman in the video."
Rose said he will continue to follow up on any tips.
According to Corbin Mayor Willard McBurney, video from surveillance cameras shows the woman, a child about 12 years old and a smaller child taking five planter boxes from the bridge railing and throwing them into the creek. According to the time stamp on the video, the incident happened at 2:25 p.m.
Corbin Police Chief David Campbell said Tuesday the authorities have a "person of great interest" in the case and said an arrest was "imminent."
"They can be seen just picking the boxes up from the railing and tossing them into the creek," McBurney said.
Though he can’t say for certain, McBurney said the perpetrators were, likely, trying to hit the ducks that live around the bridge.
Additional video shows the older child moving one of the large planters closer to the railing while the woman walks by. She makes no attempt to prevent the child from moving the planter or admonishes the child.
"That burns me up," McBurney said of the incident, adding it is the third time it has happened.
City workers recovered the five boxes from the creek. McBurney said two of them might be able to be used again.
"One of them was broken into pieces and two others are probably unusable," McBurney said.
Video of the suspects may be viewed at thenewsjournal.net/.
Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to contact Corbin Police, 528-1122. City officials are offering a $500 reward.
